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Justice minister steps down due to expenses ting
One more gone just before lunch. Justice minister Shahid Malik steps down.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8051091.stm
What I hate is the sense of 'it's ok, its by the rules...' or 'it's the fault of the system'. Oh f*ck off. you are not abused by the system, you abuse the system.
YOU ARE NOT A F*CKING VICTIM OF THE F*CKING SYSTEM YOU F*CKING C*NT. How they can have the cheek to blame the system is f*cking unreal.
I must say, it is quite surreal watching them all make frivilous apologies. It is akin to watching someone who has been taking a few quid from the supermarket till he works on every week get busted. It might feel a bit uncomfortable at first, but after a while it becomes second nature. ‘Need twenty quid for some shopping, I’ll get it out of here, balance the tills. It isn’t much, no one will notice, no one needs to know.’.
Eventually, the situation snowballs until your manager confronts you about it, saying they’re down on profit. Saying the current economic situation means they will have to cut hours. Saying that they have found out you have taken thousands of pounds from them over a few months/years. Saying that they think it might be best if you payback and/or go.
And then the realisation happens. The realisation that, what you have been doing is not down to the system of having access to ready cash, but down to you taking the money offered when it wasn’t yours by right. An overwhelming sense of regret, guilt and shame overcomes you, and you look back on what you did trying to hold back the tears. You say you’re sorry over and over, and by all accounts you probably mean it – I mean, you’re not a terrible person. You work hard enough, do your job well and seem a decent bloke. But how can I ever trust you again with the money? In your case, the taxpayers money? I just can’t.